Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-18
star in the heavens, from which we Dor

rowed them.
Plainly SIS we see to-day the wisdom of
that union, it was only gained after s De-
spairius struggle in the venerable hall
under whose shadow we are assembled.
Even the Father of his country had near
y absndoued hope. Ia the crisis Of the
constitution, Washington wrote to his
intimate frisnd, ~ almost despair OF see
ing favorable issue 10 the proceedings
OF the convention, and do, therefore, re-
pent hsving shy agency in the business"
Most lesrtily Go we here render th2nks
70 the Almighty that He and HIS assO-
cisted patriots did not quite despair
+ Aay their pac.tied spirits look down from
Their lofty sphere and perceive in this
vast aaSem0lage the universal gratitude
Of great nation. To the compsmoashio
OF this centennial multitude OF American
patriots We Gsre summon even the great
shsde Of Washington, chief amOng chief
tains; of Hamilton, his trusted friend.
incompatible in craftsmanship; OF
Madison snd Jay, great in the
power Of reason; Of Franklin,
mighty in wisdom and moderation OF
temper; of the Adsmses, indomitable in
/ resolution; and OF other towering forms
whom we Imsgine this dsy to be lowering
over US. Ler their names, crowned with
the halo Of unfading honor, descend with
the ages, ana their memory never cease
from the hearts OF our posterity. May
the dawn of the second centennial vear
De celebrated with increased fervor, and
our Union gain strength as the centuries
roll on.
Forever live the constitution and the
Union,
Mrs. Cleveland sat in front OF the
speakers position and was the cynosure
OF eli eyes. She Was neatly and hand
somelY attired in close lifting dress Of
cream and brown colored plaid silk ana
wore s stylish bonnet of drab with ribbon
trimmings. Cardinal Gibbons wearing
the Cardinal colors of his office sat at the
side Of the speakers and was one of the
most attentive listeners of the
Gssemblage. At the end Of Mr.. Kssson' 5
sddress the choir sang "AppeaI to the
Truth" by Schiller. At the end of the
song Minister Kasson escorted the
President to the speakers rostrum and
1855 ne began q ten minutes address
which was received with
THCNDEROUs APPLAUSE.
His enunciatiQn was clear, and his voice
rang out clear and eudibly to thousands
"I deem it & great honor and pleasure
TO participate in this exercise. Every
American citizen should on this day re
j0ice in his citizenship. lie will not find
the cause VI his rejoicing in the antiquity
Of his country, for among the na-
lions of the earth she stands with
the youngest. He will not ind it in the
glitter and pomp that bedeck monarch
NJ do % slpi 10 Il,
for in MS country the people themselves
sre the rulers. He will not find it i'll The
story of bloody foreign cOnquests, for his
government has been content TO care foi
lis own
DOMAIN AND PEOPLE.
He should rejoice because the work oil
framing our constitution was com
pleted one hundred years ago
today, and slsO because when
completed it established a free govern
lneDt. He should rejoice because this
constitution and government have sur
yyed so long, and also because they have
survived with so many blessings and have
demonstrated so fully the strength and
value OF popular rule. He should rejoice
IN the wondrous growth and achieve
ments OF the past 100 years, and also il
chToug 4 the centuries to come. We shouIC
fail to be duly thankful for all that was
! done for Us
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
unless we realize the dificultle:
of the work then in hanC
| and the dangers undergone between The
diajoInted states with interests and opin
ions radically diverse and stubbornly
maintained, The perpleXities of the con
yentiOn which undertook the labor o
] preparing our constitution are apparen
) in these words of one OF the most Illus
! trious OF its members: "The small prog
ress we have made after four or flv,
} weeks close attendance aud con
? tinued reasOnings with eaCi
, other, our different sentiment
: on almost every question, several 0
= them producing almost as many nays a
T yeas, is, methinks, q melancholy proc
I of the impeIfectiOn Of the human under
! standing. We indeed seem to feel GU
own want of
POLITICAL WISDOM,
5 since we have been running az Asi
Y search of it. We have gone back t
/ ancient history for models of govern
= merits. and examined the different form
q of these republics, which having BEEF
r formed with seeds Of their own dissolu
4 ton now no longer exist. In this situa
= ton Of this assembly, cropping Q
/ it were in the dark to find poIit
g zeal truth, and scarcely able t
= distinguish it when presente
to Us, how has it happened, sir, that W
d have not heretofore once thought of hun
o bly, applying TO the Father of light to i
e luminate our Understandings
Il "This wise man proposing to his fel
= lows that the aid and blessing of Go
IT should be invoked in the extremity, de
cIsred: Il have lived, sir, long time
= and the longer live the more csnvincin
% proofs see of the truth that
j, GOD GOVERNS
d IN the afflirs of men, and if sparrow ca
II not fall TO the ground without his notic
Il ~ it probable that an empire can ri:
;e without his aid? We have been assure
in sacred writings that except the Lor
-e build the house they labor in vain tn,
l. build 1t. l firmly believe this and
Il also believe that without his con
g curing aid we shall succeed in thi
II political building no better than tn
v builders OF Babel. We shall be divide
'e by our little partial local interests, on
1t projects will be COMPOUNDED, and ou1
= selves shall become repfoach and by
It word down to future ages, and what
II worse, mankind may hereafter fror
II this unfortunate instance, despair Q
sc establishing governments by human wis
y dom, and leave it to chance and war
e, "In the face of sill discouragements, tn
b fathers of the republic labored on fo